Elastic horse-boot



(No Model.)

J. H. FENTON.

ELASTIC HORSE BOOT.

No. 317,526. Patented May 12, 1885.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. FENTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ELASTIC HORSE-BOOT.

IFSPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.

317,526, dated May 12,1885.

Application filed October 28, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'JOHN H. FENTON, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Elastic Boots for Strained or \Veak Tendons of Horses, of which the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which the figure is an elevation showing thelacing partly inserted.

It is common to apply boots to the legs of horses having strained or weak tendons for the purpose of giving support and firmness, and such boots have been made of various shapes and of numerous materials, so as to have an elastic or yielding quality to fit snugly around the leg of the animal. Such boots have been attached by means of straps and buckles, lacings, tying-strings, and otherwise, and as heretofore attached some difliculty is presented in securing the boot in place sufficiently tight to prevent slipping, and where lacing-strings are used the difficulty is furtherincreased by reason of the trouble in inserting the string through the lacing-holes. V

The object of this invention is to enable an elastic boot to be readily and quickly applied and secured in position by the use of a lacingstring; and its nature consists in providing lacing-strips formed of flaps detached one from the other and arranged to form in effect a continuous strips with eyes through which the lacing-cord can be passed by raising the separate flaps, all as hereinafter more specifically described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing, A represents the boot, formed of elastic webbing of india-rubber or other suitable material, and leather or other supporting strips in any usual and wellknown manner.

B represents the lacing-strips, attached one on each side of the opening. Each strip is formed of a series of flaps or tags, a, in which is an eyelet or opening, 12, and these tags or flaps are each separate and independent of the others, so that one can be raised without disturbing the flaps on each side of the one raised.

G is the lacing-cord, made of any suitable material.

In use the boot is slipped around the leg, as usual, and the lacing-cord inserted by passing the ends alternately through the holes on opposite sides, as shown in the drawing; and to do this the flaps or tags are lifted or turned back, so as to bring them in position wherethe end of the lace can be readily passed through the holes.

The difficulty heretofore in using laces has been the impracticability of raising the lacingstrips, after the lacing-cord has been partly insorted, suffieiently to readily pass the cord through the holes; but with the independent 7 flaps or tags it will be seen that any flap can be raised and turned back so as to bring the opening for the cord in view of the operator, and in position for the ready passage of the cord, and this without loosening the portion which has been already laced, and when the cord is fully inserted the lacing-strip will form in effect a continuous strip, as when drawn down to place the edges will abut one against the other and not slip by.

The construction is very simple, and by its use the act of lacing up the boot is attained without any difficulty and inconvenience.

'WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. The boot A, provided with lacing-strips B, consisting of independent flaps or tags a, having holes b, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The boot A, having lacing-strips B, consisting of independent flaps or tags a with holes I), in combination with the lacing-cord O, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

JOHN H. FENTON.

Vitnesses:

0. WV. BOND, ALBERT H. ADAMS. 

